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Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)

Drama Romance Adventure

The story of Ace Eli... when planes were young and the world was innocent... except for Ace's son Rodger... Rodger of the Skies.

Release Date: 1973, March 31
Directors: John Erman
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Alice Ghostley, Arthur Malet, Bernadette Peters, Rosemary Murphy, Royal Dano, Don Keefer, Hope Summers, Claudia Bryar, Eric Shea, Lew Brown, Kelly Jean Peters

Overview:

The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients, set off to see the world, which means flying all the way to San Willow. To Eli, San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote. In essence, "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere. Eli, a killer with the ladies at first, always leaves them unsatisfied. He seems to have a sex problem. Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes. He also drinks, smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom.

Keywords:

father son relationship pilot parent child relationship 1920s post world war i stunt pilot